WSJ Her marriage to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has helped him gain the trust of black voters in a way other white politicians could only dream of.
But Chirlane McCray, a writer who is black and who has been married to Mr. de Blasio for 23 years, said her husband’s popularity with African-American voters is simply “because he sees them. He understands that there is this very important part of New York City that many mayors have not paid the same attention to.”